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Big Tech companies have poured billions of dollars into building out AI infrastructure over the past few years in hopes that it’s the future.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The Iran war has prompted Persian Gulf petrostates to invest billions in new infrastructure to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

But the EU executive has argued that it has made hundreds of billions of euros available for energy investments.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The Hololens was even set to be sold to the US Army in a contract worth billions of dollars.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

But it had taken years for that market to mature; this new market would be up and running and trading tens of billions of dollars’ worth of risk within a few months.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis